SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s sole icebreaker kicked off its 13th Arctic mission Monday to conduct research on clues about climate change in the North Pole, a local polar research institute said. The Araon left the western port of Incheon for a 92-day mission to study the causes of abnormal weather conditions [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s icebreaker is on its way to the southeastern port of Busan after completing a 195-day international exploration mission in the Antarctic Ocean, the oceans ministry said Monday. The Araon, South Korea’s first ice breaking vessel, kicked off its mission to the South Pole on Oct. 20 last [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The government plans to build a next-generation icebreaker that is larger than any in the current fleet, and will boast improved ice-breaking capabilities. The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said Monday that it will invest 277.4 billion won (US$245.6 million) starting next year to design the new ship, aiming [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean icebreaker and research vessel Araon began its 139-day journey to Antarctica carrying researchers from the King Sejong Station. The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced that a total of 84 people including 35 researchers from the overwinter party boarded the Araon as it departed the southern [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The Araon, South Korea’s only icebreaking vessel, has helped evacuate 24 isolated Chinese researchers in the Antarctic region, the country’s ocean ministry said Thursday. The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said the icebreaker gave assistance to researchers on Inexpressible Island near South Korea’s Jang Bogo Antarctic Research Station in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s icebreaker embarked on its ninth Antarctic expedition Thursday to explore the marine ecosystem and study how climate change is affecting the planet. The Araon departed from the western port of Incheon for its journey that will last 227 days, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said. The [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s icebreaker is on its way to the southern port of Busan after completing a 70-day international exploration mission in the Arctic Ocean, the oceans ministry said Thursday. The Araon, South Korea’s first ice breaking vessel, started its eighth mission to the North Pole on July 21 and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – The world’s first icebreaking liquid natural gas (LNG) carrier set sail Tuesday, heading to the Arctic Sea for testing. The ship was manufactured by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, who won the order from Russia’s state-run shipper Sovcomflot in March 2014. According to officials, the tanker is 299 meters [...]
SEOUL, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced that South Korea’s large icebreaker ‘RV Araon’ depart to North Pole on July 20 and be in exploration for 67 days across East Siberian Sea, Bering Sea, and Chukchi Sea. Particularly, RV Araon is exploring, for the first time as South Korean icebreaking research vessel, [...]